Cigarette and cigar quencher



July 8, 1941. w. E. HUMMEL CIGARETTE AND CIGAR QUENCHER Filed May 18, 195s @Si 1 y Uha 2.

lwQ/wbofa mE/[ummez Patented July 8, 1941 Unir-'ED STATES einem 4 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in cigarette and cigar quenchers, its foremost purpose being to provide a device of this character which will work in an effective and clean manner. It is common knowledge that ash trays are currently used as cigarette snuffers, the result in many instances being the spreading of a disagreeable odor from 'cigarette and cigar butts which have been incompletely extinguished. Y

It is also a common experience that the currently used ash tray does notv always serve the intended purpose of keeping the ashes in one place. It is 'quite easy for the ashes to blow out and thus defeat one of the purposes for which the tray is intended. Again, an open ash tray does not always insure immunity from a fire hazard.` With this premise in mind the objects of the invention are as follows:

First, to provide a cigarette and cigar quencher which has a high safety factor fromthe standpoint of making sure to quench the re, the ashes being retained at the same time and thereby affording an appliance which is a contribution toward cleanliness in the smokers habits.

Second, to provide a quencher of the foregoing character in which a small pump is adapted for use in periodically lling a basin in the removable cover of a water reservoir, said basin and pump being virtually integral parts of said cover, so that the removal of the cover permits free access t bothv main parts of the device.

- enced with its removal.

Third, to provide a quencher wherein the water supply and the quenching `water are kept separate, the former being heldin a container from which small quantities of Water are pumped from time totime into a basin forming a part of the container cover.`

Fourth, to provide a quencher wherein the ashes are confined to the quenching basin which is separate and apart from the water in said reservoir, to which basin the ashes are confined so as not to be mixed with the Water in said reservoir.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved quencher.

Figure 2 is a central vertical section.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the quencher.

Figure 4 is a cross section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2*.

Figure 5 is a detail perspective view of the basin lid, and

Figure 6 isa detail. perspective view of a'valvev hereinafter described.

The quencher is generally designated I. As plainly shown in Fig. 2 it comprises a container or reservoir 2 which, in practice, may be made as large or small as desired. It 'is'also withinthe purview of the invention to ornament the res' ervoir as the fancy of the manufacturer may dictate so as to provide anl attractive smokers accessory. f

As shown in Fig. 2 the reservoir 2 contains a volume of Water 3. The Water is replenished from time to time by taking off the cover 4 and pouring the water in. This cover is flanged so as to nt dov/n tightly around the rim of the reservoir, but not so tightly that diliculty will be' experi- The joint which the flange affords is, nevertheless, sufficiently good to prevent leakage of the water inthe event that the quencher is tipped over, it being necessary,

thereby providing what is conveniently termed a plunger space 6. l

A rim I is afxed tor the' cover '4' around the basin 5 in upstanding relationship. This rim in effect increases the available depthr of the basin, Y although ordinarily the level of water inthe basin does not have to go higher the cover 4.

A lid 8 has a flange 9 which fits down'inside of the rim 1. This lis a fairly tightt, and it is than the surface of capable of also preventing the leakage ofvvatery from the basin in the event of the quencher being tipped over. The lid includes a dished portion Il). This has a central hole II which provides a scraping edge I2. The cigarette or cigar is in'- troduced into the dished part of the lid Whereupon the ashes are struck off at the scraping edge I2 and fall into the Water in the basin where the re is quenched. A pump I3 is usedto replenish the basin 5 from time to time. The basin contains only a small amount of water, and When this is absorbed by the ashes it will be necessary to pump a fresh quantity. The pump depends from the cover 4, and comes off of the quencher with the cover. Y

Said pump comprises a barrel Ill which is internally threaded at each of its ends as at I5, I6. The internally threaded portion I5 is screwed onto a nipple I1 which comprises an extension of a boss I8. Said boss is part of the cover 4, and

cerise it has a duct I9 which provides communication between the basin 5 and the bore 20 of the nipple.

A valve 2| is carried by the barrel I4. It comprises a cage 22 which is screwed intothe threaded end I6, the inner edge of an opening 23 in the cage providing a seat for the ball 24. 'Ihe latter is loosely retained by a plurality of wires 25. 'Ihe cage 22 provides an abutment for one end of a spring 26 inside of the barrel.

The other end of the foregoing spring presses against a plunger 21, tending to drive the plunger upwardly in the barrel. The plunger includes a cup leather 28, the rim of which is flexible enough to contract and thus recede from the wall of the barrel I4 on each downstroke, thus to bypass the water in the barrel to be 'lifted subsequently by the action of the spring. At 'that time the rim of the cup leather expands into engagement with the wall of the barrel, thus effecting the lifting action mentioned.

A stem 29 carries the plunger 2'I. It is guided by a packing gland 3U in the boss I8 and has a button 3| on its exposed end. It will be observed in Figs. 2 and 3 that the plunger stem 29 is situated in the previously mentioned plunger space 6. 'Ihe latter affords adequate room for the downward depression of the button 20, Without danger of the latter conflicting with the adjacent rim 'I.

The operation is readily understood. A few depressions of the button 3I and corresponding reciprocations of the plunger 2'I will ll the basin 5 with a small amount of water from the reservoir 2. When the lighted end of a cigarette or cigar is introduced at the opening II, the glowing ashes can be struck oif at the scraping edge I2. When the basin becomes lled with ashes it is an easy matter to insert ones finger in the hole I I and thereby pull the lid 8 out.

The dished formation I6 provides excellent insurance againstscattering of the ashes either by blowing in or by the turning over of the quencher. The latter is capable of use virtually anywhere. It is adaptable to motor vehicles vof all kinds as well as to use in the home and olce. The dished formation I0 also provides a water deector. It is situated more or less directly over the outlet of the duct I9.

Said duct stands -on an incline, and being pitched as it is the water will be directed exactly against the inside of the dished formation IIJ which then deflects the water downwardly into the basin 5. In other words, the operation of the pump will not result in discharging the water from the quencher; to the contrary it is directed into the basin 5, as desired.

I claim:

1. A quencher comprising a water reservoir, a cover for the reservoir having a level top surface, a basin embodied in the cover, being sunk below said surface and being in off-centered relationship thereto so as to define a plunger space on one side of the basin, a pump depending from the cover within the area of said space into proximity to the bottom of the reservoir and having a plunger rod operable in and through said plunger space, said pump having a discharge opening directed on an incline into the basin, and a dished ash scraper surmounting the basin, being in line with the orice of said opening to act as a water deiiector.

2. A quencher comprising a water reservoir, a cover for the reservoir having a concavity in olfcentered relationship thereto and providing a water basin, an upstanding rim around the basin dening a guard wall, the off-centering of said basin defining a plunger space, a pump depending from the cover, including a plunger rod operable in and through said plunger space and having a discharge opening at the inside of said rim, and alid removably fitted on the rim, having a scraping edge in proximity to the basin and situated over the discharge opening to deflect the water into the basin.

3. A water reservoir having a cover with a basin, a boss depending from the cover and having a duct providing communication between the basin and the interior of the boss, a barrel carried by the boss and having'a valve in its end farthest from the boss, a plunger operable in the barrel having a stem extending up through the boss for manual operation in one direction, and a spring tending to resist said operation and automatically moving the plunger in the opposite direction, said plunger including a cup leather having a rim adapted to iiex inwardly of the barrel upon a stroke of the plunger in one of said directions.

4. A quencher comprising a water reservoir, a cover fitted on top of the reservoir to close it, said cover having a basin depending therefrom into the confines of the reservoir, a pump also depending frointhe cover into the confines of the reservoir and into the water therein, being operable to lift the water -against gravity into the elevated basin, and back check means through which the water is required to be lifted, serving to prevent an inadvertent return passage of the water from the basin into the reservoir and thus avoid the contamination of the reservoir water.

WILLIAM E. HUMMEL. 

